On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 4:55 AM, Alvaro Herrera <alvhe...@2ndquadrant.com>wrote:

> Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>
> > The manual says:
> > >pg_is_in_backup()    bool    True if an on-line exclusive backup is
> still in progress.
> >
> > So clearly that is intentional. That could use some rephrasing,
> > though; a layman won't know what an "exclusive backup" is.
>
> Heck, I don't understand what it is either.
>
Same here. Does it mean taking a backup not with pg_basebackup but by
executing yourself external operations between pg_start/stop_backup calls?
-- 
Michael

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